Scottish Gas is to create 80 new contact centre jobs across its operations in Edinburgh and South Lanarkshire.

The company, part of multinational Centrica, said it plans to add around 60 new posts at its contact centre in Granton, Edinburgh and around 20 new roles in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire as part of a wider UK-wide expansion adding 300 new roles in a drive to improve customer service.

Scottish Gas currently employs around 1,100 staff at its Edinburgh site and 900 at Uddingston, with the further 600 employed at City Park in Glasgow.

Scottish Gas managing director, Kevin Roxburgh, said: “Our customer service team is vital to the success of our company, so we're very pleased to be creating more new roles for advisers in our award-winning contact centres in Edinburgh and Uddingston.

“By ensuring we have the right people with the correct knowledge and expertise to help, we can make certain our customers get a quick response and resolution to their queries.

“These new jobs are critical to helping our customers with everything from bills and boiler breakdowns, engineer visits and energy efficiency, so we're looking for people dedicated to providing excellent service.”